Hi Adam,

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/79903-africa-domain-battle-win-for-sa.html

is the latest news I have seen.  That story interprets the document at:

http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/new-gtld-resolution-annex-1-04jun13-en.pdf

which says:

The     NGPC    accepts this    advice. The     AGB     provides        that
if      "GAC    advises ICANN   that    it      is      the     consensus       of      the
GAC     that    a       particular      application     should  not     proceed.
This    will    create  a       strong  presumption     for     the     ICANN
Board   that    the     application     should  not     be      approved."
(AGB    §       3.1)    The     NGPC    directs staff   that    pursuant        to
the     GAC     advice  and     Section 3.1     of      the     Applicant
Guidebook,      Application     number  1-1165-42560 for
.africa will    not     be      approved.       In      accordance      with    the
AGB     the     applicant       may     withdraw        (pursuant       to      AGB     §
1.5.1)  or      seek    relief  according       to      ICANN's
accountability  mechanisms      (see    ICANN   Bylaws,
Articles        IV      and     V)      subject to      the     appropriate
standing        and     procedural      requirements.

apologies for formatting...copied from a pdf.

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Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

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